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BOOSTER GOLD #40

Coming to grips with reality at last, Booster Gold steps up his game and finally accepts the fact that his best friend, Blue Beetle Ted Kord, is dead. This is bad news for the villain who shows up this month because they’re about to face an angry Booster Gold…

Written by KEITH GIFFEN & J.M. DEMATTEIS
Art and cover by CHRIS BATISTA & RICH PERROTTA

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  1. Avatar photo Minion says:
    January 10, 2011 at 5:31 pm

    Still fun but not what it was.

  2. Avatar photo ctrosejr says:
    January 11, 2011 at 10:33 am

    @Minion: with this books sales slipping, do you think they will bring back Jurgens now that Time Masters is done?

  3. Avatar photo Minion says:
    January 11, 2011 at 1:51 pm

    @ctrosejr Hopefully. I really liked  his stuff when he was on the main title. Time Masters was rough though.

  4. Avatar photo ctrosejr says:
    January 12, 2011 at 10:03 am

    @Minion  I wholeheartedly agree that Time Masters has been bumpy, but I have enjoyed it overall.  It could be that I have really liked the relationship moments (mostly the flashbacks) between Rip and Booster and can overlook the book’s other faults. 

    The problem with the Booster Gold book right now is that I think Booster is not the same character he was when Giffen and DeMatteis originally wrote him.  Too much has happened to him, and the character has evolved.  But, Giffen and DeMatteis seem to be treading the same old ground.  If it’s not the attempt at “Bwa ha ha” humor, it’s the morning of the loss of Blue Beetle.  My hope is that if Jurgens comes back, we’ll see Booster move forward again.

  5. Avatar photo ScorpionMasada says:
    January 12, 2011 at 5:40 pm

    Jurgens comes back, I come back.

  6. Avatar photo jlddlj11 says:
    January 22, 2011 at 10:52 am

    I agree with ctrosejr about the difference with how Giffen & DeMatteis write the character because, at first, it seems like they hadn’t read anything that had happend to the character since 52.  And since the first few issues, it seems the character goes between the two and I never know what character I’ll get this issue but overall it’s been fine for me lately.
    However, I do love the commetaries concerning the credits and the one for the letterer this month was hilarious.

  7. Avatar photo Minion says:
    February 5, 2011 at 6:00 pm

    This was a high two or a low three. Not a very good book at all.

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